buffet

About 1.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
2. noun Food laid out in this way, for diners to serve themselves.

   We'll be serving supper buffet style.

3. noun A small low stool; a hassock.
4. noun A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
5. noun The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.
6. verb To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
7. verb To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
8. verb To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.

   to buffet the billows

Similar words

snack bar sideboard buff batter counter knock about snack counter cafeteria meal cafe

Often followed by

table and breakfast of supper is lunch dinner in

Word family

buffeted buffeting buffets